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"Will you allow me a seat?" asked Captain Keith, when he had disposed

of his sister's goods; and on Rachel's assent, he placed hiood for anything, you would sit outside and smoke," said

his sister

"If privacy is required for swearing an eternal friendship, I can go to

sleep instead," he returned, closing his eyes

"Quite the reverse," quoth Bessie Keith; "he has prepared me to hate you

all, Miss Curtis"

"On the mutual aversion principle," murmured the brother

"Don't you flatter yourself! Have you found out, Miss Curtis, that it is

the property of this species always to go by contraries?"

"To Miss Curtis I always appear in the meekest state of assent," said

Alick

"Then I would not be Miss Curtis How horribly you must differ!"

Rachel was absolutely silenced by this cross fire; so so unlike

the small talk of her experience, that her h to follow the rapid encounter of wits

However, having stirred up her lightest troops intoorder,

she said, in a puzzled, doubtful way, "How has he prepared you to hate

us?--By praising us?"

"Oh, no; that would have been tooin his sleepy eyes for a twinkle of response